Grandma Sarah’s Devil’s Food Cake with Coffee Icing

Cream shortening and sugar together. Add eggs one at a time, beat until smooth. Add cocoa powder, mixing well after each tablespoon. Add one cup flour, mix, add buttermilk, mix, add remaining flour, mix. Dissolve baking soda in boiling water, add slowly to batter, mixing well. Add salt and extracts, blend.

Grease a 9×13 cake pan and pour batter in evenly. Bake at 350F for 30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center of cake comes out clean. Cool cake completely.

For frosting, melt butter and add powdered sugar and salt, mixing slowly. Dissolve instant coffee in boiling water and add one teaspoon at a time to the sugar mixture, beating until proper consistency. Add vanilla and lemon extracts. Spread on the cooled cake.